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Get a cocktail to carry, browse with a beer or wander with a glass of wine.

Now you can sip and shop in Wyandotte or just enjoy your beverage outside as long as you’re within the boundaries of the city’s new Social District, which includes most of the downtown area.

The spirits must be purchased from a bar or restaurant that has a Social District Permit and be served and consumed in an authorized cup. The district is in effect from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. every

day of the week.

Wyandotte is one of many Michigan cities, including Grosse Pointe Park, Northville, Port Huron, Farmington, Saugatuck and Bay City, that have established Social Districts to help businesses struggling after a year of painful pandemic measures.

Bars and restaurants in the state still are limited to 50 percent capacity.

The law to allow for Social Districts was passed by the state Legislature July 1. Parts of Toledo, Ohio, have been allowing similar designated outdoor drinking areas since

2015, and the measure has been popular there.

Online comments about Wyandotte’s district have been overwhelmingly positive: “This will be a huge hit when the weather gets nice and everyone wants to get outside.”

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Continued from page 1 Jeremy Sladovnik, owner of Joe’s Hamburgers in Wyandotte, was one of the first five city businesses to get a Social District state permit added to his liquor license. The permit costs $320 and requires city permission, as well.

“I’m anticipating that 95 percent of the liquor license owners will join,” Sladovnik said.

Alcoholic beverages to take outside and enjoy in the district must be purchased inside a designated business, and will be sold in non-glass cups no larger than 16 ounces.

The cup will sport a specific Social District sticker and the name of the place where it was purchased.

You can’t bring a cup from one participating business, Joe’s Hamburgers, for example, into another such as Captain’s Pub, even though it’s also participating in the district.

Parking lots and roadways, even those within the marked district, are not places where outdoor drinking is allowed and you can’t bring your own booze to refill your cup. Violations could bring fines.

But if a shop owner or retailer in the district agrees, you can bring your beverage inside to sip while you shop.

“We want you to go get your beverage, have fun,

shop and make your way to the next establishment,” Sladovnik said. “Hang out, eat dinner! We’ve got a beautiful little city and we’re doing great things.”

Patt Slack, chairwoman of the city’s Downtown Development Authority and owner of River’s Edge Gallery in downtown Wyandotte, also is enthused about the city’s new Social District, which had a “soft opening” on St. Patrick’s Day. “I am excited about it,” Slack said. “I cannot see a downside. Nice areas around town with seating and perhaps entertainment will be provided. I am for any progressive ideas that make it desirable to visit our downtown. There will always be spillover to other businesses.”

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Bees: Help keep our friendly neighbors safe There is a famous misquote that circles social media from time to time.

That misquote is attributed to the likes of Einstein, Darwin and whomever else one might imagine.

Whether true or not, the quote JAMES inspires pause and LEE for a moment, Wyandotte consideration of Warrior the plight of our own human existence. The power of this quote motivates the human condition to take into consideration how inextricably connected to a tiny stinging insect we really are.

The quote, something like “if honey bees were to disappear from earth, humans would be dead within four years,” most certainly makes one consider his or her mortality and maybe sparks a desire to help save the honey bee.

Do the honeybees need saving?

What could someone who has no knowledge of the species do to influence a change so dramatic that the delicate human-honeybee balance finds equilibrium?

Although the quote is indeed considered a misquote, it doesn’t matter that Einstein or whomever might not have said it.

Principally, if we did lose all the honeybees, humans would likely not go extinct in whole. However, there would be a great deal of global starvation due to loss of the pollination accomplished by this magnificent little creature.

We also would lose a great deal of our flower diversity, as many depend on pollinators like the honeybee to aid in their propagation and without it those flowers ultimately will meet their demise.

With the loss of those flowers, the domino effect also would impact other pollinators. Thus, chaos would ensue.

Save the bees!

People have long responded to the plight of our beloved honey bee with that proclamation. Documentaries

and information campaigns have been more abundant since Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) became more widely known to the general public. But honey bees actually have shown little to no decline.

While a noble feat, running out to purchase bees and start a colony to save them could have the opposite effect. The last thing anyone wants is to destroy a colony due to ignorance, when in fact the full intent was to help bees and ultimately humanity. If you want to help the honey bee, study for a season, find a mentor and attend local bee club meetings before going full tilt.

One of the evidences that bee colonies are doing well in an area is

and February. By March and April their numbers can begin crowding their homes, and through the magnificent democracy of bees, they decide to send some packing.

Those evicted bees and a queen take flight to a potential home identified by scouts who have picked out a site beforehand. On the way, they may stop in your yard, porch, car, fence, light post or any other area they deem adequate to take a break.

Now mind you, these stinging insects do indeed sting, but swarms that have left home in search of new digs are not typically interested in overt acts of aggression. They have gorged themselves with honey and have no

that they are present, whether they are kept in someone’s managed populations or they are wild bees that have taken up residence in a cavity of someone’s humble abode or outbuildings or a tree in the vicinity.

You might also see them foraging on plants in your yard or buds and flowering trees in the neighborhood.

One thing is for sure, honey bees are not the black and yellow critters that hover around your picnic or patio gatherings seeking sweet sips of soda.

Another evidence that bees are in the area and doing well is called swarming.

Springtime is almost here and that means honey bee swarms are, too.

Honey bees build up their numbers as the weather starts to warm in January

home to defend, thus allowing them to focus on important matters. These matters —sheltering the queen and arriving safely at their next location — are at the top of their list.

Usually swarms will not stay long.

They will eventually get to where they are going.

In most instances, these swarms will come from someone’s bees who have grown beyond their boxes and they have lower chances of success in the wild, as “kept” populations of bees are dependent on beekeeper interventions that treat them for viruses and pests regularly, hoping to increase their chances of survival.

Some swarms will go on to propagate beyond the interventions of

man, and though once domesticated critters (kind of) they become feral through adaptation to the wild without these treatments.

Swarms can be easily removed by a local beekeeper.

They could be served well to be captured and re-hived in a colony somewhere where they will be cared for and serve the much-needed task of pollination and provide the benefit of honey production.

Many people are uneducated on the plight or dangers of these fantastic stinging insects, and fear can result in unnecessary eradication of a swarm through pest spray or dousing it with garden hoses.

Though honeybees are easily attained through bred stock that is shipped into Michigan, there are still some beekeepers around interested in retrieving the swarm in your yard or the ones you saw on the fence on the corner.

Some will even perform a removal of bees from the interior of your home, because sometimes that happens.

Removal from buildings or interior locations may result in an unwanted expense, however there are other problems that occur if they are not removed.

So, to help save the bees, help them find good homes.

Call a local beekeeper to remove the spring swarms that will be happening any day now! April, May, and June are prime swarming times.

Many beekeepers will provide free exterior removals and others for a nominal fee. Either way, it is worth it.

We help them and they help us. But whatever you do — don’t spray them!

They eventually leave. If they take up more permanent residence and cannot be removed, Michigan winters often take care of them, as well.

Beekeeper James Lee of Romulus can be reached via his website www. mibeeswarmremoval.com or via his Facebook page, Bee Benevolent Swarm Removal. Almost all swarm removals are free

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Here are a few ways you can show your back some love starting now.

1. Do something active. Your spine was designed to move! In fact, a brisk hike or walk with your loved one is a great pre- or post-dinner activity.

2. Stay hydrated. When you don’t consume enough water, the fluid-filled sacs in your spine deplete, making it harder to move.

3. Be conscious of your posture, whether it’s sitting at a desk or moving around. Incorrect posture places a great deal of stress on the body.

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Savor it.

If you tend to eat quickly, you likely never truly enjoy your food. Slowing down when you eat can help create a better relationship with how you fuel your body.

Eating Well in 2021 Hopefully 2021 marks the end of fad diets Typically, these diets are hard to follow and sometimes not nutritionally balanced.

Instead of jumping on the latest trend, try incorporating the following when it comes to your food: Add more color to your plate.

Aim to fill half of your plate with fruits and veggies, ¼ with whole

Find ways to swap sugar.

Reducing your sugar intake doesn’t have to mean cutting out sweets completely—instead, make small changes like eating plain yogurt over sweetened options or choosing reduced sugar condiments over regular dressings.

Finding Your Natural Rhythm Ever wonder why we have good days and bad days?

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It all has to do with our natural rhythm.

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CULINARY CAPERS Two extraordinary soups that helped me survive frigid EvelyN February have Cairns been added to my Wyandotte Warrior collection of favorite bowls. The first is from the cookbook “Supper with Sharon, a Shumate Family Cookbook,” which is dedicated “to all those who not only enjoyed the cooking of the late Sharon Shumate, but also her warmth in family and friendship . . . in whose kitchen magic was made.”

Sharon, who grew up and was married on Grosse Ile, was well known on the island for her outstanding cooking ability and baked goods. Her husband, the late Tom Shumate, was recognized throughout the Downriver area and nationally by duck hunters and artists for his realistic carved wooden duck decoys.

The hard-cover, ring-bound cookbook was lovingly compiled by Sharon’s granddaughter, Madison Thomas of Wyandotte, who arranged to have more than 100 recipes in Sharon’s own handwriting published with an adjacent printed version of each.

I was intrigued by Sharon’s recipe for Fork Soup, which I cut in half when I made it. The soup really is thick enough to eat with a fork, which I did, and loved every bite. Because in March the average temperature is only 37 degrees, you may want to serve a hearty bowl of soup. Sharon suggested serving it with buttered pita sprinkled with Parmesan cheese and toasted in the oven. I sprinkled the soup generously with Parmesan cheese instead.

SHARON’S FORK SOUP (Adapted Version) 1 pound ground beef, browned 1 cup slivered onions 1¼ cups diced celery 14.5-ounce can whole tomatoes, smashed 1 cup V-8 juice ¼ cup barley ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning 1 raw potato, cubed ½ of a 12-ounce package frozen mixed vegetable Brown beef and onions, adding additional cooking oil if necessary.

Drain well. Add remaining ingredients,

except frozen mixed vegetables. Cook over low heat for 3 to 4 hours. Stir frequently to prevent barley from sticking. Thaw the frozen vegetables in cold water and drain well. Add the vegetables and cook about 5 minutes just before serving.

••• My other new-favorite bowl is a slow-cooker chicken soup recipe shared by Shelley Dalley, of Grosse Ile, who is known for her awesome gourmet main dishes and desserts.

Shelley stopped by on Valentine’s Day with a huge serving of the scrumptious soup, the recipe and her melt-in your-mouth heart-shaped cornmeal buttermilk biscuits. Because I don’t have a 6-quart slow-cooker, I used my 3½-quart Crock Pot with no problem. I substituted dried thyme and rosemary flakes for fresh (you can find equivalents on the web) and chopped frozen spinach for fresh.

SHELLEY’S LEMON CHICKEN ORZO SOUP 1½ tablespoons canola oil 1½ pounds boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into 1-inch chunks Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 6 cups chicken stock 1 medium-size sweet onion, diced 3 medium-size carrots, peeled and sliced 2 celery ribs, sliced 3 cloves garlic, minced 3 springs fresh thyme 1 sprig fresh rosemary 1 bay leaf ½ cup orzo pasta, uncooked 4 cups fresh baby spinach 2 tablespoons lemon juice Heat canola oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Season chicken with salt and pepper to taste. Add to skillet and cook until golden, 4 to 5 minutes.

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Forrester has been a Grosse Ile resident for 30 years and was named Attorney of the Year by the Michigan Community Resources group in 2012. He received that honor after he negotiated - pro bono - a beneficial deal for SafeHouse Center, a nonprofit organization in Ann Arbor that shelters battered and abused women and children.

He is a past Grosse Ile Township Trustee and a two-time commodore of Elba Mar Boat Club.

Forrester has worked with attorneys from both Michigan and Florida as many of his clients have homes in both states, so he has a firm grasp on the working of regional legal machinery in both states.

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Services coming back at Bacon Memorial Library Winter Reading Challenge 2021 Books & Blankets through April 30 Read 25 days each month to be entered into a special Book Box drawing. Winners will receive a box filled with books and gifts delivered to their home. baconlibrary.org/ bmdlreads Pick up family curbside crafting: March 29 - April 3 Make your own spring flowers!

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New blood clot dissolving treatment works in Downriver man

Henry Ford staff saves a life

With a history of blood clots, Matthew Godfrey didn’t waste any time getting to the emergency room at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital when he awoke one December morning with excruciating pain above his knee.

He previously had been diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis (DVT) on his right leg and immediately knew this latest pain could be deadly serious.

“They got me right in after I told them I was a previous DVT patient,” he said. “Immediately they found that a clot had traveled to my groin area.”

A CT scan then revealed a pulmonary embolism in both of his lungs. A pulmonary embolism is a potentially life-threatening condition that occurs when a clot blocks a lung artery and restricts blood flow to the heart. In many cases, PE is caused by a clot forming in the legs (known as a deep vein thrombosis) and then traveling to the lungs.

Cardiologist Qaiser Shafiq, M.D. told the 50-yearold father of three boys that he needed an immediate procedure.

“He told me I was in bad shape, and I started to realize how serious this was,” Godfrey said. “At that point, I was kind of in a panic, but Dr. Shafiq was very relaxed and calm. That made me feel better.”

New targeted therapy dissolves clots faster Godfrey was one of the first patients to undergo EKOS therapy, the latest minimally invasive treatment offered at Henry Ford Wyandotte, after the two massive clots were discovered.

With the Ekosonic Endovascular System (EKOS), targeted drug therapy and ultrasound are delivered simultaneously through a catheter, which is equipped with ultrasound ports, and inserted into the clot. Ultrasound energy is used to spray the clotbusting medication. The procedure takes about 10 to 15 minutes after which the patient goes to the ICU for six to 10 hours.

The EKOS procedure reduces drug dosage, dissolves clots faster and lowers the risk of bleeding and other complications.

For patients diagnosed with massive or submassive clots in the lung, EKOS has successfully eliminated clots in hours instead of days using less than one-fourth the amount of medication.

Previously, the only option was to deliver clotdissolving medication through an IV that not only went to the lungs but also other organs, increasing the risk of bleeding. EKOS delivers targeted therapy to the clots, avoiding other bleeding risks.

“They told me about the new EKOS procedure and I was very glad to be one of the first patients, especially when they said the other option was not as good,” Godfrey said. “I gained a sense of trust

Matthew Godfrey of Flat Rock is returning to his position as an assistant coach for the Flat Rock High School boys’ varsity basketball team after undergoing EKOS therapy, the latest minimally invasive treatment offered at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital to treat lifethreatening blood clots in his lungs.

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through Dr. Shafiq’s calm explanation.”

Minimally invasive treatment lessens recovery time In less than 30 minutes, Godfrey was out of the catheterization lab and in the ICU where the EKOS catheter broke up the clots in a matter of hours. He was home by mid-afternoon the following day.

“Between the Lord upstairs, the new technology and having the right doctor on call, it put me back to just about 100 percent really quick,” he said.

“With more research I did after the fact, I realized I could’ve been in the ICU for a few weeks with a lot more risk if I had it done the old-fashioned way.”

Godfrey also was diagnosed with May-Thurner Syndrome, a rarely diagnosed condition that affects blood flow in two blood vessels going to the legs, making those affected more susceptible to massive clotting. Dr. Shafiq performed a venous thrombectomy to remove clots from Matthew’s knee to his pelvis. A stent also was inserted into a vein in Matthew’s leg to improve blood flow.

He said he’s extremely grateful for the advanced, lifesaving care he received at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital. “It’s a partnership that I’ll remember forever,” he said. “I couldn’t have had better care.

While I was in a bad condition, I would never have wanted it to be done anywhere else. Everyone from the people who gave me the tests to the nurses and doctors could not have been kinder and more compassionate.”

Now he looks forward to returning to his assistant coaching role for the boys’ varsity basketball team at Flat Rock High School.

“My lungs are markedly improved and clear,” he said. “Soon I’ll be able to get off blood thinners and

be a normal human being. I’ve had a lot of people tell me that it was meant for me to still be here.”

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Liz Faszcza, the owner of the new The Coffee Lounge located at 93 Oak Street, knows one thing for sure - coffee and coffeehouses are good for the soul of a community.

“People love coffee,” she said. “Coffee brings people together; people talk over coffee.”

And she hopes her new business fosters all of that.

“We want to be an all around family coffee shop,” Faszcza said.

Faszcza may be new to the coffee business, but she is a small business veteran and certainly is no stranger to Wyandotte.

She has owned and operated a hair salon business since 2005, first in Allen Park, and, for the last number of years, in Wyandotte where she is the owner of The Hair Lounge.

The Coffee Lounge is her first foray into a hospitality-style business and she is excited by the prospects. The shop is located in a refurbished building just off Biddle, around the corner from Merrill Lynch.

Faszcza is proud of the building and its vintage decor. She did the decorating herself, as well as a lot of the hands-on work like staining much of the wood that is featured in the space.

As its name implies, you can get coffee drinks at The Coffee Lounge. The shop offers traditional coffee, lattes and frozen coffees, as well as special cold brew that takes up to 16 hours to reach perfection.

If coffee is not your thing, the shop also has smoothies and hot chocolate as well as pastries, many from local sweet shops.

Faszcza is also concerned about being a healthy stop for her customers, so her business offers 15 different sugar-free coffee flavors and plans to carry a line of sugar-free snack cakes.

With the COVID-19 pandemic raging and a falling out with a business partner, getting The Coffee Lounge up and running was a tough task. To get it done, Faszcza did much of the work herself and even took extra jobs to help fund the project.

Now that the shop is open, Faszcza said it was worth it.

“I have a son and I want him to see that you have to work for things and that hard work pays off,” she said.

Faszcza said she is also proud of the fact that her hard work is paying off for others in the community; The Coffee Lounge provides work for 10 employees, in addition to the seven that work at The Hair Lounge.

“That may be the best part,” she said. “I don’t have to make a million dollars, but if my businesses can provide jobs and I can make a little money, that’s great.”

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New heart and vascular clinic at Henry Ford Wyandotte A new Heart and Vascular Institute suite opened Feb. 15 at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital as the first of a three-phase, $3 million project to expand the medical mall for subspecialty areas including Heart and Vascular, Oncology and Urology.

Expanded examination rooms are part of the new suite as well as a procedure room, physician offices and staff work areas.

“We are very excited about the expansion and the addition of these specialty areas to Wyandotte,” said Ann Marie Creed, vice president of operations at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital. “This project will allow for growth in service and expand the outpatient presence of those services in the Downriver region.”

For patients, that means easier access to subspecialty services within the Downriver area.

Henry Ford Medical Group physicians practicing in the new HVI suite include: • Paul Corcoran, M.D., vascular surgery • Loay Kabbani, M.D., vascular and thoracic surgery • Arfaat Khan, M.D., cardiology and electrophysiology • Farah Mohammad, M.D., vascular surgery • James Mohyi, M.D., cardiology • Andi Peshkepija, M.D., vascular surgery • Krishna Sawhney, M.D., general surgery • Frederic Sulak, M.D., cardiology “This will allow us as a vascular department to be fully engaged at Wyandotte with four surgeons, a vascular surgery nurse manager and a physician assistant,” Dr. Kabbani said. “We are now available 24/7 to help with any vascular patients at Wyandotte.

“We have a new state-of- the-art procedure room for our vein clinic, where we can treat varicose veins as an outpatient procedure. In the future, we hopefully will be able to expand these services to simple outpatient catheter-based procedures like fistulagrams and venograms for dialysis access patients. ” With vascular surgeons rotating on a weekly basis, most vascular procedures, including angioplasties and arterial bypasses, will be performed geographically at Wyandotte. “As we

continue to promote vascular services inclusive of a new stateof-the-art angiography suite, we hope to be able to continue to expand our services to include more complex procedures like endovascular aortic surgery,” Dr. Kabbani said.

Dr. Kabbani added that the HVI clinic’s location in the hospital’s main lobby provides visibility and ease of access for patients.

“There are a lot of patients who need our help and now we have the opportunity to grow HVI suite: A new Heart & Vascular Institute suite opened Feb. 15 at Henry and provide excellent Ford Wyandotte Hospital as the first of a three-phase, $3 million project to care at Wyandotte,” he expand the medical mall for subspecialty areas including Heart & Vascular, Oncology and Urology. said.

Cardiologist James Mohyi, M.D., said the opportunity to offer new, non-invasive diagnostic technology is an exciting prospect.

“We have acquired new echocardiogram machines that are state of the art measuring ventricles and atrial,” Dr. Mohyi said. “This equipment can obtain precise measurement of a patient’s heart function, including the left side, right side and upper chambers. This precise measurement Photos courtesy of Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital helps us treat heart Cardiologist James Mohyi, M.D., one of several cardiologists and vascular failure and advance surgeons practicing in the new HVI suite at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital, treatment of heart said the opportunity to offer new, non-invasive diagnostic technology is an valves.” exciting prospect for Downriver patients.

While vascular problems are prevalent in the Downriver area, there of endourology at Henry Ford Wyandotte Hospital, has been a lack of vascular surgeons, according and urologist Amit Patel, M.D., at the back of the to Dr. Mohyi. “Now we will be able to help when medical mall. That work is expected to last through it’s very complicated,” he said. “We will be doing early April. the majority of surgeries here, utilizing the cath The third and final phase is two-fold – consisting lab and OR, and will also have a procedure lab for of doubling the size of the first-floor outpatient lab vascular surgery in the new suite. There is a lot of as well as adding six infusion chairs and four exam improvement here.” rooms to the oncology clinic – and is expected to be The second phase of the medical mall project complete in June. involves expanding the Urology Clinic with the addition of Naveen Kachroo, M.D., Ph.D., director

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The May 19 session is designated for high school students and will run from 11a.m. until 1:30 p.m. The May 20 session will be from 8-10 a.m. and is for middle school students.

The school’s mental health support staff is required to attend in order for their students to attend.

At this summit, students will find great presenters and a youth panel addressing the topic no one wants to talk about, yet we all know we need to: Suicide.

We’ll focus not only on suicide prevention and mental health but also give the attendee insights and tools to implement at their school.

Also, if the student happens to have lost a loved one or friend to suicide, we will have a breakout session just for them.

Among those aged 10 through 24, suicide is the second-leading cause of death, and for every person who succeeds at suicide, an estimated 25 others attempt it.

The founder of Embracing Imperfections, Shandy Longcore, attempted suicide at age 10, and her mission is to eradicate suicide and provide mental health education to students and anyone that will listen.

The first 500 registrations for each day of the summit are free; once the daily limit is reached, there is a charge of $1 per teacher or student registration and $10 for adults.

Deadline to register is Shandy Longcore May 5. All information and registration details can be found at: mikiwanis.org/Page/49749.

There are also opportunities to sponsor the event or make a donation to support the summit. For more information, contact Shandy Longcore at 616516-8281 or shandy@embracingimperfections.org If you are in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to “741741” Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time. More information about Kiwanis can be found at www.mikiwanis.org.

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On the broader scale, it’s all about just exactly how much each of us views the vitality of our own community.

Community in this case being defined as Downriver.

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But with the internet came a whole different breed of threat.

In Congress, there is a growing acknowledgement that antitrust laws have been nearly completely ignored in favor of “hands off the market” thinking.

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My heroic advocacy organization is ILSR, the Institute for Local Self Reliance.

They’ve gotten the attention of Congress and are working with legislators now to achieve meaningful change.

There is talk of splitting Amazon and Google. There is now a possibility for new

companies are not evil in and of themselves, but they need to be regulated and controlled.

There need to be guidelines and rules and consequences for breaking them. Pretty much the precise thing that is wrong with the way we manage just about everything: Leave it to big business to self-regulate, which means not regulate. And then scratch our heads and exclaim “Boy,

It’s hard for me to envision a reality in which small towns are obsolete. Where the unique character and make-up is no longer relevant enough to be a viable environment for independent stores to fill local niches.

Hard because I don’t like that vision at all.

Yet I see it happening, feel the inexorable pressure being exerted by technology and corporations so large that the castle cannot be defended forever.

The latest figures tell us that independent retail is now 45 percent of all USA retail, and employment in this field is 48 percent indie.

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Wyandotte girls finish regular season with .500 mark The Roosevelt girls basketball team finished a 14-game regular season with a 7-7 record after falling in a close game 54-49 to Downriver league foe Lincoln Park on March 17.

“It was a good game,” said Roosevelt Coach Jerry Makuch. “We played hard and it was a one-point game with a minute to play.”

The Bears found themselves down by 10 points in the first half and by 10 again in the second and they battled back each time.

After being behind 10 in the second quarter, Wyandotte got back to within 31-29 at halftime. And after falling behind by 10 in the second half, the Bears got it to 50-49 before the Railsplitters put it away.

“It’s hard to play like that,” said Makuch. “It takes a lot of energy to play from behind.”

As usual, Lincoln Park was led by Karrington Gordon, who had 35 points. She had 30 when Lincoln Park beat Wyandotte earlier this season.

“She is a special talent,” said Makuch.

“She’s tall and has long arms and she gets a hand on so many passes. We did everything possible against her defensively, but she is such a good player.”

Gordon sealed the game against Wyandotte when she stole the ball, drove the length of the court and was fouled while making a lay-up.

She hit the free throw and Lincoln Park had the breathing room it needed for the victory.

Elle Gonzalez had a big game for Roosevelt with 16 points and nine rebounds.

“She had the game of her career,” said Makuch. “The post was open, we got the ball to her and she missed very few shots.”

Hannah Exner added 10 points for the Bears and Nae Atwater-Boyd and Alaynia Jacobs each had eight.

For the season, Roosevelt defeated Allen Park (twice), Southgate (twice), Edsel Ford (twice) and Carlson. The Bears lost to league champ Trenton (twice), Lincoln Park (twice), Taylor (twice) and Carlson. Roosevelt’s game with Woodhaven was cancelled.

Makuch said he will not be sorry to see the 2021 season go.

“There was no flow to the season,” he said.

“It started late, there were fewer games and you were always worried about what was next.”

He said his girls also missed out on all the off-the-court things that go along with being on a team.

“There are usually team dinners and the kids go bowling or to McDonald’s for a burger and a soft drink. This year they had none of that,” he said. “Heck, we didn’t even get to go to games on a bus together until the last game.”

The MHSAA state tournament is next for the Bears who play undefeated league champ Trenton for the third time on March 24.

Bear girls barely miss second league bowling title Tom Tigani Wyandotte Warrior

The Wyandotte Roosevelt High School girls bowling team needed to win their March 2 game against archrival Woodhaven High School to have a shot at winning the Downriver League title a second straight year, but it wasn’t to be.

The Bears and Warriors tied that match, briefly putting Roosevelt a half game behind Woodhaven. Roosevelt won the first Baker game 188-60, then won the second 169-126 to take an early 6-4 lead.

Woodhaven got six of the nine points in the first team game to go up 10-9; Roosevelt then got six of

the nine in the second game and Woodhaven got the two for totals 15-15.

“We felt we let it get away the second game,” Coach Marty Janeski said, “but they bowled well the last two frames to cut into our lead and win totals.”

Angelita Rodriguez led Roosevelt with 158, 200-358; Summer Cowgar had 161,174-335. The Warriors were led by Kaylee Alesescu with 167,191-358 and Emma Caldwell with 158,168-326.

The Bears followed up the next day with a 24-6 win over Taylor. Again they were led by Rodriguez (157,203360), followed by Gabrielle Parmelee (174,165-339).

Roosevelt then lost a March 10 position round 22-8 at Thunderbowl Lanes that they needed to win after tying Woodhaven. However, Woodhaven needed only another tie after the March 2 game to finish first, but because the Bears lost, the Warriors are the league champions, with Roosevelt ending up in third place with a 6-2 record.

In a March 13 regional tuneup at Woodhaven Lanes, Roosevelt had a great day despite a field of only five teams.

While the day may not have had the same energy level as most, coaches said it provided a great opportunity for coaching and preparing the girls for next week’s regional state qualifier.

Roosevelt put on a dominating performance and led qualifying from start to finish, including a game of 935, the highest team game of the day.

In match play, the Bears escaped with a two-pin victory (316-314) in the semifinals against Gibraltar Carlson before defeating Southgate in the championship match 317-265.

“Now our focus is on the regional qualifier coming up this week,” Janeski said. “We won the league last season, so anything less than that is disappointing, but our real goal is to get qualified for the state finals.

“We have a few tournaments coming up to get ourselves ready for the regionals on March 19.”

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Riding the momentum of a strong second half of the regular season, the Roosevelt hockey team skated into the Michigan High School Athletic Association playoffs March 16 against Grosse Ile. The Bears went 7-2 over the course of the final nine games of the regular season and were ready for the postseason. But in the end, Grosse Ile was just a little bit better.

It took three regular periods, three eight-minute overtimes and part of a fourth, but Grosse Ile finally scored the game-winner and took a 3-2 victory over the Bears.

The Bears found themselves in an early hole in the game as Grosse Ile’s Pat Karn scored just 2:53 into the game. Near the end of the first period, Grosse Ile’s Ben Carter scored four seconds into a Red Devils power play.

The game stayed 2-0 throughout the remainder of the first period, the second period and throughout part of the third.

It wasn’t that the Bears were not getting scoring chances - they were - but Grosse Ile goalie Own Bonham kept knocking them aside or smothering them. Roosevelt had 36 shots in regulation time and outshot Grosse Ile 56-44 for the game.

The Bears cut the deficit to one six minutes into the third period when William Heskett picked up a loose puck at center ice, swooped into the Grosse Ile zone and beat Bonham on the stick side with a hard, rising shot.

The game returned to its back-andforth rhythm until time grew short.

With 1:41 to play, Wyandotte pulled goalie Aiden Jordan and just over a minute later Jason Cuppari made the strategy work when he scored on a shot through a crowd to knot the game and force overtime.

Both teams had plenty of chances to end it, but Bonham and Jordan each played well.

The Bears actually got one past Bonham when he mishandled a shot and it fell out of his glove and trickled into the net, but a quick whistle cost Roosevelt the goal.

Grosse Ile ended the game 2:19 into the fourth overtime when Eric Ellis dug the puck loose from the

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side boards and fired it out front to freshman Tate Hubler, who redirected it past Jordan for the win.

The victory sent Grosse Ile on to the regional semifinals against defending regional champion Gabriel Richard.

The loss ended Wyandotte’s season.

The Bears finished 7-10 overall.

The regional got a little wacky when COVID-19 reared its head, infecting the Riverview and Bedford teams causing them to forfeit. Because of the forfeits, Carlson and Monroe St. Mary Catholic Central played in the other semifinal game Regular season was a wild and crazy ride The Roosevelt hockey team just

finished up what was a head-snapping, whiplash-inducing 16-game regular season.

Like everyone else, Roosevelt had its season start delayed and delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic and when the season finally started on Feb. 11, it was not pretty.

The Bears lost on opening night to Grosse Pointe Woods University Liggett 5-1 and the struggle began, Roosevelt lost its first seven games by a combined score of 27-4. The Bears lost to Liggett, Detroit Country Day, Salem, Novi, Trenton, Allen Park and Lake Orion.

Roosevelt was shut out in three of its first seven games and scored just one goal in the other four. Their eighth

scheduled game - against Riverview was cancelled.

But then, the switch was flipped.

The Bears clobbered Huron 10-2 on Feb. 26 and that seemingly ignited a fire as the Bears went on to win seven of their final nine games to finish the regular season with a respectable 7-9 record.

In the blowout of Huron, the Bears got three goals and six points from William Haskett and a goal and five points from Alex Moon and they cruised to their first victory of the season. Zach Ciaravino had two goals and two assists, Ray Isham had two goals and an assist and Jason Cuppari and Luke Beaubien each shipped in with goals.

That victory was the first of three straight for Coach Mike Quint’s team as they exacted some revenge on Allen Park with a 2-0 victory and then beat Carlson 3-1. Jason Johnson’s firstperiod power-play goal proved to be the game-winner against the Jaguars and Johnson, Moon and Isham scored third-period goals against Carlson to break up what had been a 0-0 tie heading into the final frame.

The Bears lost to Ann Arbor Pioneer, but bounced back with backto-back wins two over Woodhaven.

In the 2-0 win over the Warriors, Moon and Cuppari had the goals and in a 3-2 win over the Warriors, Moon had two goals and Luke Peck had the other. Moon had three points and a hand in all the Wyandotte scoring and his second goal, with less than two minutes to play, was the game-winner.

The Bears made it three wins in a row again a few nights later with a 6-4 win over Riverview. Six different Bears - Ciaravino, Beaubien, Moon, Cuppari, William Ballantyne and Luc Hill - scored for the winners.

Defensively, the Bears held Riverview’s high scoring duo of Gavin Holmes and Ryan Herzog to just one goal and three points between them.

Roosevelt then ended the regular season with a 2-1 loss to Ann Arbor Gabriel Richard and a 4-1 win over Dearborn Unified to cap a wild roller coaster of a season.

The 2021 Roosevelt hockey season came to an end on March 16, but the Bears did not go down without a fight. Roosevelt fell 3-2 to Grosse Ile in four overtimes in the first round of the Michigan High School Athletic Association regional tournament. The Bears trailed 2-0 after the first and second period, but scored twice in the third period, including the tying goal with 39 seconds to play in regulation. Roosevelt finished the season with a final record of 7-10.

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Playoff calendar After an abbreviated season, thanks to the COIVID-19 pandemic, winter sports in Michigan have reached the “championship season.”

Michigan High School Athletic Association state playoffs are under way and here is where the various Wyandotte Roosevelt teams line up: Basketball Division 1 District 22 Allen Park at Lincoln Park, March 23 Lincoln Park-Allen Park winner at Southgate, 7 p.m. March 25 Riverview at Roosevelt, 7 p.m. March 25 Finals: 7 p.m. March 27 at Roosevelt or Riverview Girls basketball Southgate at Taylor, March 22 Southgate-Taylor winner at Riverview, 7 p.m. March 24 Trenton at Roosevelt, 7 p.m. March 24 Finals: 7 p.m. March 26 Wrestling Individual districts March 20: Roosevelt will wrestle in the Division 1 individual district at Westland John Glenn along with Woodhaven, Dearborn Edsel Ford, Fordson, Crestwood, Lincoln Park, Livonia Churchill, Livonia Franklin, Livonia Stevenson, Monroe, Bedford, Wayne Memorial and host John Glenn.

March 24: The top four wrestlers in each weight class will advance to the MHSAA Division 1 regional at Saline, along with qualifiers from the Novi District.

March 30: Team finals April 2-3: Individual finals Swimming and diving March 18: Diving regionals March 26-27: Roosevelt swimmers who meet the qualifying standard will compete in the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 2 state meet at Jenison High School. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, no spectators will be allowed.

Bowling March 18-19: Regionals March 26-27: State finals Roosevelt’s boys and girls teams bowled in regionals at Skore Lanes in Taylor along with Belleville, Woodhaven, Dearborn, Edsel Ford, Crestwood, Lincoln Park, Livinia Franklin, Livonia Stevenson, Livonia Churchill, Monroe, Taylor, Bedford, Wayne Memorial, John Glenn and Ypsilanti Lincoln.

Team and individual qualifiers advance to the state finals at Thunderbowl in Allen Park.

Competitive Cheerleading Roosevelt competed in a Division 1 cheerleading district hosted by Oxford High School along with Clarkston, Davison, Flushing, Grand Blanc, Lake Orion, Lapeer, Midland, Midland Dow, Romeo, Saginaw Heritage, Waterford Mott and host Oxford.

Qualifying teams from the district advanced to the March 23 regionals at Howell High School. The top four teams from regionals qualify for the MHSAA Division 1 state meet at The Breslin Center in East Lansing on March 26

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